Information Submission Tool for Website Development

ABSTRACT

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for developing a website. One such method transmits a questionnaire to a website client. The questionnaire includes questions for developing the website. A response to the questionnaire is received and examined for unanswered questions. For at least one unanswered question a calendar entry for a calendaring application is created. The calendar entry corresponds to an event and a rule, with the event describing the unanswered question and the rule comprising a reminder of the event. The calendar entry is transmitted to the calendaring application to remind the website client of the unanswered question.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No.11/223,605, filed Sep. 9, 2005, and now issued as U.S. Pat. No. ______,which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION

A portion of this disclosure and its figures contain material subject tocopyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to thefacsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patentdisclosure, but otherwise reserves all copyrights whatsoever.

BACKGROUND

This application generally relates to presentation processing,electrical computers, and to data processing and, more particularly, toremote data accessing and to file or database maintenance.

Gathering information to develop a website is challenging. Many websiteclients contract with a website designer to develop a website. Thewebsite client is any person, business, advertiser, or other entity thatdesires to have an online presence. The website designer gathersinformation for the website and begins developing the website. Oneproblem, however, is timely gathering the information needed to developthe website. Often times the website designer only has a short period oftime to develop the website before billing is initiated. That is, abilling department for the website designer wants the website quicklydeveloped and posted so that the website client can be billed for theonline presence. Sometimes the billing department requires the websiteto be posted within ten days or less.

The website designer, however, often experiences a bottleneck. Beforethe website designer can create the website, the designer must receiveall required information. The website designer, for example, must obtaincontact information for the client (such as an address, phone number,email address, and contact name), business type, business name, businesslogo, business trademarks, layout, colors, and other information.Because the website client is urged to provide this information within ashort time period, the website designer often utilizes urgent shippingservices (e.g., Federal Express services) to obtain the information. Thewebsite designer then rushes development to meet the billing timeline.The website designer is thus forced to compromise development efforts,and the urgent shipping services incur added expenses. What is needed,then, is a more efficient and less costly website development tool thathelps website clients timely provide information.

SUMMARY

The aforementioned problems, and other problems, are reduced, accordingto the exemplary embodiments, using methods, systems, and products thatprovide an online submission tool for website development. This onlinesubmission tool creates a list of questions for the website client toanswer. The website client visits a website and downloads thequestionnaire using an Internet browser. The questionnaire asksquestions that help obtain information for the website. Thequestionnaire may include data fields that also help obtain information.The website client answers the questions and submits a response. If thewebsite client has digital logos, trademarks, or other artwork for thewebsite, the online submission tool may also allow the client to attachthe artwork to the response. The website client's browser communicatesthe response to a server, and the response is then stored for retrieval.A website consultant or website designer may then access the response,obtain the website client's answers to the questions, and begindeveloping the website.

The online submission tool is efficient and less costly. The websiteclient simply logs in with the online submission tool, answers thequestions presented by the questionnaire, and submits their response.The response is nearly immediately received by the website developer,and the website developer can immediately begin development of theclient's website. No time is wasted using ordinary mail services, and nocosts are incurred for urgent shipping services. Moreover, should thewebsite client leave some questions unanswered, the online submissiontool may automatically set reminders to the client. That is, ifquestions remain unanswered, the exemplary embodiments create calendarentries for the website client's calendaring application. The exemplaryembodiments create a task reminder, such that the website client'scalendaring application automatically reminds the client of theunanswered question. The website client is thus automatically remindedthat information remains to be submitted before the website can becompletely developed.

The exemplary embodiments include methods, systems, and products fordeveloping a website. One such method transmits a questionnaire to awebsite client. The questionnaire includes questions for developing thewebsite. A response to the questionnaire is received and examined forunanswered questions. For at least one unanswered question a calendarentry for a calendaring application is created. The calendar entrycorresponds to an event and a rule, with the event describing theunanswered question and the rule comprising a reminder of the event. Thecalendar entry is transmitted to the calendaring application to remindthe website client of the unanswered question.

In another of the embodiments, a system produces an online submissionform for developing a website. A processor obtains a questionnairecomprising questions for developing a website. An interface transmitsthe questionnaire to a website client and receives a response to thequestionnaire. The processor examines the response for unansweredquestions and, for at least one unanswered question, the processorcreates a calendar entry for a calendaring application. The calendarentry corresponds to an event and a rule, with the event describing theunanswered question and the rule comprising a reminder of the event. Theinterface transmits the calendar entry to the calendaring application toproduce a reminder to the website client of the unanswered question.

In yet another embodiment, a computer program product automaticallycreates calendar entries for development of a website. The computerprogram product comprises a computer-readable medium, and a websitedevelopment application stores on the computer-readable medium. Thewebsite development application comprises computer code for transmittinga questionnaire to a website client. The questionnaire includesquestions for developing the website. A response to the questionnaire isreceived and examined for unanswered questions. For at least oneunanswered question a calendar entry for a calendaring application iscreated. The calendar entry corresponds to an event and a rule, with theevent describing the unanswered question and the rule comprising areminder of the event. The calendar entry is transmitted to thecalendaring application to remind the website client of the unansweredquestion.

Other systems, methods, and/or computer program products according tothe exemplary embodiments will be or become apparent to one withordinary skill in the art upon review of the following drawings anddetailed description. It is intended that all such additional systems,methods, and/or computer program products be included within thisdescription, be within the scope of the claims, and be protected by theaccompanying claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the exemplaryembodiments are better understood when the following DetailedDescription is read with reference to the accompanying drawings,wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustrating an exemplary implementation of awebsite development application, according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustrating use of calendar entries, according tomore exemplary embodiments;

FIG. 3 is a schematic illustrating a calendar entry, according to moreexemplary embodiments;

FIG. 4 is a schematic illustrating communication of the calendar entry,according to yet more exemplary embodiments;

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustrating an acknowledgment of a reminder,according to still more exemplary embodiments;

FIG. 6 is a schematic illustrating a calendar entry acknowledgment,according to exemplary embodiments;

FIG. 7 is a schematic illustrating use of electronic messages, accordingto more exemplary embodiments;

FIG. 8 is a schematic illustrating further uses of calendar entries,according to more exemplary embodiments;

FIG. 9 depicts another possible operating environment for the exemplaryembodiments;

FIG. 10 is a schematic illustrating the website development applicationoperating within various other communications devices; and

FIGS. 11-13 are flowcharts illustrating a method of developing awebsite, according to exemplary embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafterwith reference to the accompanying drawings. The exemplary embodimentsmay, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not beconstrued as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Theseembodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough andcomplete and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those ofordinary skill in the art. Moreover, all statements herein recitingembodiments, as well as specific examples thereof, are intended toencompass both structural and functional equivalents thereof.Additionally, it is intended that such equivalents include bothcurrently known equivalents as well as equivalents developed in thefuture (i.e., any elements developed that perform the same function,regardless of structure).

Thus, for example, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill inthe art that the diagrams, schematics, illustrations, and the likerepresent conceptual views or processes illustrating the exemplaryembodiments. The functions of the various elements shown in the figuresmay be provided through the use of dedicated hardware as well ashardware capable of executing associated software. Similarly, anyswitches shown in the figures are conceptual only. Their function may becarried out through the operation of program logic, through dedicatedlogic, through the interaction of program control and dedicated logic,or even manually, the particular technique being selectable by theentity implementing this invention. Those of ordinary skill in the artfurther understand that the exemplary hardware, software, processes,methods, and/or operating systems described herein are for illustrativepurposes and, thus, are not intended to be limited to any particularnamed manufacturer.

The exemplary embodiments describe a website development application.This website development application provides an online submission toolfor website development. This online submission tool creates a list ofquestions for the website client to answer. The website client visits awebsite and downloads the questionnaire using an Internet browser. Thequestionnaire asks questions that help obtain information for thewebsite. The questionnaire may include data fields that also help obtaininformation. The website client answers the questions and submits aresponse. If the website client has digital logos, trademarks, or otherartwork for the website, the online submission tool may also allow theclient to attach the artwork to the response. The website client'sbrowser communicates the response to a server, and the response is thenstored for retrieval. A website consultant or website designer may thenaccess the response, obtain the website client's answers to thequestions, and begin developing the website.

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustrating implementation of a websitedevelopment application 20, according to an exemplary embodiment. Thewebsite development application 20 stores in memory 22 of a firstcommunications device 24. Although the first communications device 24 isgenerically shown, the first communications device 24, as will be laterexplained, may be a computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), acordless/cellular/IP phone, or other wireline/wireless communicationsdevice. The website development application 20 is a program comprisingcode or instructions for developing a website. The website developmentapplication 20 creates and stores a questionnaire 26 in the memory 22.The questionnaire 26 may additionally or alternatively be remotelystored on some remote device communicating via a communications network32, and the questionnaire 26 may be obtained as needed. Thequestionnaire 26 comprises one or more questions 28 solicitinginformation to develop the website.

FIG. 1 also illustrates a second communications device 30. The firstcommunications device 24 communicates with the second communicationsdevice 30 via a communications network 32. The first communicationsdevice 24 and the second communications device 30 may have aserver-client relationship, such that the website developmentapplication 20 can send the questionnaire 26 to the secondcommunications device 30. The questionnaire 26 is received at the secondcommunications device 30 and visually or audibly presented to a websiteclient. A browser 34, for example, may cause the questionnaire 26 to bevisually presented at a display device 36. The website client, using thesecond communications device 30, may see/hear the questionnaire 26 andinput answers to the questions.

The questionnaire 26 seeks information to help develop a website. Thequestionnaire 26, for example, may seek names, addresses, phone numbers,email addresses, or any other communications addresses for the websiteclient. The questionnaire 26 may ask for desired colors, layout,structure, or other design elements. The questionnaire 26 may instructthe website client to attach any files describing a logo, trademark,emblem, or other artwork. The questionnaire 26 may comprisemultiple-choice questions, yes/no questions, or textual data fields. Thequestionnaire 26 may comprise audible questions that are digitallyproduced. The questionnaire 26 and its contents may have any form thatsolicits information to develop a website.

The website development application 20 receives a response 38. Once thewebsite client finishes responding to the questions 28, the websiteclient submits the response 38. The response 38 comprises answers,textual data, and/or other information that helps develop the website.The response 38 may even include an attachment 40 containing artwork 42or other information. The response 38 communicates via thecommunications network 32 from the second communications device 30 tothe website development application 20 operating in the firstcommunications device 24. The website development application 20 thenlocally stores the response 38 in the memory 22. The website developmentapplication 20 may additionally or alternatively remotely store theresponse 38 at a remote storage device 44 communicating via thecommunications network 32. Because the response 38 is stored forretrieval, a website consultant and/or website developer (neither shownfor simplicity) may quickly obtain the website client's information andbegin developing the client's website.

The exemplary embodiments may be applied regardless of networkingenvironment. The communications network 32 may be a cable networkoperating in the radio-frequency domain and/or the Internet Protocol(IP) domain. The communications network 32, however, may also include adistributed computing network, such as the Internet (sometimesalternatively known as the “World Wide Web”), an intranet, a local-areanetwork (LAN), and/or a wide-area network (WAN). The communicationsnetwork 32 may include coaxial cables, copper wires, fiber optic lines,and/or hybrid-coaxial lines. The communications network 32 may eveninclude wireless portions utilizing any portion of the electromagneticspectrum and any signaling standard (such as the I.E.E.E. 802 family ofstandards, GSM/CDMA/TDMA or any cellular standard, and/or the ISM band).The concepts described herein may be applied to any wireless/wirelinecommunications network, regardless of physical componentry, physicalconfiguration, or communications standard(s).

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustrating use of calendar entries, according tomore exemplary embodiments. Here the website development application 20examines the response 38 for unanswered questions. Recall the response38 comprises answers to the questions posed by the questionnaire (shown,respectively, as reference numerals 28 and 26 in FIG. 1). When thewebsite development application 20 receives the response 38, the websitedevelopment application 20 may inspect the response 38 for unansweredquestions. Any questions that are unanswered, partially answered, and/orundecipherable are noted by the website development application 20 aserrors, conditions, or flags that require resolution. If the attachment40 is expected, but not found, then the website development application20 similarly sets a flag requiring resolution.

The website development application 20 then creates calendar entries.For any flag, condition, or error requiring or desiring a resolution,the website development application 20 creates a calendar entry. Eachunanswered question 50, for example, causes the website developmentapplication 20 to create a corresponding calendar entry 52. That is,when the website client submits the response 38 with the unansweredquestion 50, that unanswered question 50 may solicit informationimportant or even necessary for developing the client's website. Thewebsite development application 20 may select a default answer orresponse to the unanswered question, even without prompting orcontacting the website client. If, however, the website developmentapplication 20 is unable to select a default answer, then the websitedevelopment application 20 produces an automatic reminder. Thisautomatic reminder is the calendar entry 52, and the calendar entry 52communicates to the website client's calendaring application 54. Thewebsite client's calendaring application 54 may be locally stored in thesecond communications device 32, or the website client's calendaringapplication 54 may be remotely maintained on some computer or servercommunicating via the communications network 32. The calendar entry 52causes the website client's calendaring program to produce an audibleand/or visual reminder of the unanswered question 50. The website clientis thus automatically reminded of the missing information solicited bythe unanswered question 50. Those of ordinary skill in the artappreciate that there are many suitable implementations for thecalendaring application 54 described herein. MICROSOFT®, for example,offers OUTLOOK® and OUTLOOK EXPRESS®, both of which provide electroniccalendars (MICROSOFT®, OUTLOOK®, and OUTLOOK EXPRESS® are registeredtrademarks of Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond Wash.98052-6399, 425.882.8080, www.Microsoft.com). Other vendors also offerother calendaring software applications, and the concepts describedherein may be applied to any calendaring application by any vendor.

FIG. 3 is a schematic illustrating the calendar entry 52, according tomore exemplary embodiments. Here the calendaring application 54 is shownstored in memory 56 of the second communications device 30. Thecalendaring application 54 stores and produces an electronic calendar58. The calendar entry 52 corresponds to an event 60 and to a rule 62.As those of ordinary skill in the art recognize, a calendar eventusually describes an appointment, a meeting, a holiday, a birthday, someimportant date, a deadline, or perhaps an anniversary. The rule 62describes a date and/or time at which the event is to occur. Here,however, the event 60 describes the unanswered question (shown asreference numeral 50 in FIG. 2), and the rule 62 comprises a reminder 64of the event 60. That is, when the website client submits the response(shown as reference numeral 38 in FIG. 2) with the unanswered question,the website development application 20 will produce the automaticreminder 64. This automatic reminder 64 causes the website client'scalendaring application 54 to remind the website client of the missinginformation. The reminder 64 may include a date and a time at which anotification or an alert is audibly and/or visually presented by thecalendaring application 54. The reminder 64 provides notice associatedwith the stored event 60. The alert, for example, may be an audiblesound, alarm, and/or visual notification that reminds a user of theupcoming event 60.

FIG. 4 is a schematic illustrating communication of the calendar entry52, according to yet more exemplary embodiments. The website developmentapplication 20 addresses the calendar entry 52 to any destinationaddress representing the website client's calendaring application 54.FIG. 4, for simplicity, shows the calendar entry 52 communicating fromthe website development application 20 and to the second communicationsdevice 30 via the communications network 32. The website client,however, may designate any destination address using the response 38.That is, the website client may specify a desired destination address 70for the calendar entry 52 in the response 38. As the website developmentapplication 20 reviews the response 38, the website developmentapplication 20 also retrieves the destination address 70.

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustrating an acknowledgment of the reminder 64,according to still more exemplary embodiments. Suppose the rule 62specifies an event date of August 20^(th), and the reminder 64 is to bepresented August 18^(th). FIG. 5, then, illustrates a visualpresentation of the reminder 64 on August 18th, two days prior to theevent date. The reminder 64 includes an opportunity for a user toacknowledge 72 the reminder 64. FIG. 5 shows the acknowledgement 72 as agraphical button that the website client “clicks” with a pointing deviceor “taps” on a screen. The acknowledgement 72, however, can be anyaction, input, occurrence, or event that is recognized by thecalendaring application 54. The acknowledgement 72 may include anyactions that dismisses/cancels the reminder 64, delays the reminder 64,suspends the reminder 64, and/or other actions that will be explained.The acknowledgement 72 informs the calendaring application 54 that thereminder 64 was viewed, heard, smelled, felt, even tasted by the websiteclient. The acknowledgement 72 may be a keystroke on a keyboard, thepush of a button on a pointing device, an input to a pressure-sensitivedisplay, or any other input recognized by the calendaring application54. The calendaring application 54, in fact, may not require an input,but, instead, self-acknowledge using software-defined conditions.However the reminder 64 is acknowledged, that acknowledgement 64 isreceived by the calendaring application 54.

FIG. 5 also illustrates an acknowledgement message 74. When the useracknowledges the reminder 64, the calendaring application 54 thencommunicates the acknowledgement message 74 via the communicationsnetwork 32. The acknowledgement message 74 return communicates to thewebsite development application 20. The acknowledgement message 74informs the website development application 20 of the website client'sreminder acknowledgement. The website development application 20receives the message 74 and knows the website client acknowledged thereminder 64.

FIG. 6 is a schematic illustrating a calendar entry acknowledgment 80,according to exemplary embodiments. The website development application20, as earlier described, creates a calendar entry for any flag,condition, or error requiring or desiring a resolution. The websitedevelopment application 20 produces the calendar entry 52 as anautomatic reminder for incomplete, missing, or indecipherableinformation. The calendar entry 52 communicates to the website client'scalendaring application 54. When the calendar entry 52 is successfullyinstalled, added, or posted to the website client's electronic calendar,the calendaring application 54 produces the calendar entryacknowledgment 80. The calendaring application 54 then communicates thecalendar entry acknowledgment 80 via the communications network 32. Thecalendar entry acknowledgment 80 return communicates to the websitedevelopment application 20. The calendar entry acknowledgment 80 informsthe website development application 20 that the calendar entry 52 wasadded to the calendaring application 54.

FIG. 7 is a schematic illustrating use of electronic messages, accordingto more exemplary embodiments. Here the website development application20 sends one or more electronic messages 84 when the response 38 hasunanswered, incomplete, or indecipherable information. When the websitedevelopment application 20 receives the response 38, the websitedevelopment application 20 examines the response 38. The response 38 isexamined for unanswered questions, missing information, and/orindecipherable responses. Any questions that are unanswered, partiallyanswered, and/or undecipherable are noted by the website developmentapplication 20 as errors, conditions, or flags that require resolution.Here the website development application 20 then produces the electronicmessage 84. The electronic message 84 contains textual, graphical,video, or audible information that informs the website client of theincomplete response. The electronic message 84 may be any electronicmessage, such as an email, page, and/or instant message. The electronicmessage 84 may also be a telephone call or Internet telephony call. Thewebsite development application 20 addresses the electronic message 84to any communications address associated with the website client orchosen by the website client. The communications address may beretrieved from information in the response 38. The electronic message 84provides a message reminder of any missing, incomplete, orindecipherable information in the response 38. The electronic message84, for example, may be sent for each unanswered question 50 containedwithin the response 38. Each electronic message 84 comprises informationthat describes the corresponding unanswered question 50.

FIG. 8 is a schematic illustrating further uses of calendar entries,according to more exemplary embodiments. Here the website developmentapplication 20 creates and sends an attachment calendar entry 90 whenthe response 38 is missing an attachment. When the website clientsubmits the response 38, the website development application 20 reviewsthe response 38. If information is provided that indicates an attachmentshould be present, but the attachment is missing, then the websitedevelopment application 20 flags this missing attachment 92. The websitedevelopment application 20 creates the attachment calendar entry 90 forthe calendaring application 54. The attachment calendar entry 90corresponds to the missing attachment 92 in the response 38. Theattachment calendar entry 90 has an associated event 94 and rule 96. Theevent 94 describes the missing attachment 92 and the rule 96 comprises aseparate reminder of the event. The website development application 20addresses the attachment calendar entry 90 to any destination addressrepresenting the website client's calendaring application 54. FIG. 8,for simplicity, shows the attachment calendar entry 90 communicating tothe second communications device 30 via the communications network 32.The attachment calendar entry 90 causes the calendaring application 54to produces an automatic reminder of the missing attachment 92.

FIG. 9 depicts another possible operating environment for the exemplaryembodiments. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the website developmentapplication 20 residing in a processor-controlled system 150 (such asthe first communications device 24). FIG. 9, however, may also representa block diagram of any computer or communications device in which thewebsite development application 20 may operate. The website developmentapplication 20 operates within a system memory device. The websitedevelopment application 20, for example, is shown residing in a memorysubsystem 152. The website development application 20, however, couldalso reside in flash memory 154 or peripheral storage device 156. Thecomputer system 150 also has one or more central processors 158executing an operating system. The operating system, as is well known,has a set of instructions that control the internal functions of thecomputer system 150. A system bus 160 communicates signals, such as datasignals, control signals, and address signals, between the centralprocessor 158 and a system controller 162. The system controller 162provides a bridging function between the one or more central processors158, a graphics subsystem 164, the memory subsystem 152, and a PCI(Peripheral Controller Interface) bus 166. The PCI bus 166 is controlledby a Peripheral Bus Controller 168. The Peripheral Bus Controller 168 isan integrated circuit that serves as an input/output hub for variousperipheral ports. These peripheral ports could include, for example, akeyboard port 170, a mouse port 172, a serial port 174, and/or aparallel port 176 for a video display unit, one or more external deviceports 178, and networking ports 180 (such as USB, SCSI, or Ethernet).The Peripheral Bus Controller 168 could also include an audio subsystem182. Those of ordinary skill in the art understand that the program,processes, methods, and systems described herein are not limited to anyparticular computer system or computer hardware.

One example of the central processor 158 is a microprocessor. AdvancedMicro Devices, Inc., for example, manufactures a full line of ATHLON™microprocessors (ATHLON™ is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,One AMD Place, P.O. Box 3453, Sunnyvale, Calif. 94088-3453,408.732.2400, 800.538.8450, www.amd.com). The Intel Corporation alsomanufactures a family of X86 and P86 microprocessors (Intel Corporation,2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, Calif. 95052-8119,408.765.8080, www.intel.com). Other manufacturers also offermicroprocessors. Such other manufacturers include Motorola, Inc. (1303East Algonquin Road, P.O. Box A3309 Schaumburg, Ill. 60196,www.Motorola.com), International Business Machines Corp. (New OrchardRoad, Armonk, N.Y. 10504, (914) 499-1900, www.ibm.com), and TransmetaCorp. (3940 Freedom Circle, Santa Clara, Calif. 95054,www.transmeta.com). Those skilled in the art further understand that theprogram, processes, methods, and systems described herein are notlimited to any particular manufacturer's central processor.

According to an exemplary embodiment, any of the WINDOWS® operatingsystems may be used. (WINDOWS® is a registered trademark of MicrosoftCorporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond Wash. 98052-6399, 425.882.8080,www.Microsoft.com.) Other operating systems, however, are also suitable.Such other operating systems would include the UNIX® operating system(UNIX® is a registered trademark of the Open Source Group,www.opensource.org), the UNIX-based Linux operating system, WINDOWS NT®,and Mac® OS (Mac® is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., 1Infinite Loop, Cupertino, Calif. 95014, 408.996.1010, www.apple.com).Those of ordinary skill in the art again understand that the program,processes, methods, and systems described herein are not limited to anyparticular operating system.

The system memory device (shown as memory subsystem 152, flash memory154, or peripheral storage device 156) may also contain an applicationprogram. The application program cooperates with the operating systemand with a video display unit (via the serial port 174 and/or theparallel port 176) to provide a Graphical Subscriber Interface (GUI).The Graphical Subscriber Interface typically includes a combination ofsignals communicated along the keyboard port 170 and the mouse port 172.The Graphical Subscriber Interface provides a convenient visual and/oraudible interface with a subscriber of the computer system 150.

FIG. 10 is a schematic illustrating still more exemplary embodiments.FIG. 10 illustrates that the website development application 20 mayalternatively or additionally operate within various othercommunications devices. FIG. 10, for example, illustrates that thewebsite development application 20 may entirely or partially operatewithin a personal digital assistant (PDA) 200, a Global PositioningSystem (GPS) device 202, an interactive television 204, an InternetProtocol (IP) phone 206, a pager 208, a cellular/satellite phone 210, orany computer system and/or communications device utilizing a digitalsignal processor (DSP) 212. The first communications device 24 may alsoinclude watches, radios, vehicle electronics, clocks, printers, mediadevices, and other apparatuses and systems.

FIGS. 11-13 are flowcharts illustrating a method of generating awebsite, according to exemplary embodiments. A questionnaire is storedin memory (Block 300), and the questionnaire comprises questions fordeveloping the website. The questionnaire is communicated to a websiteclient (Block 302), and a response to the questionnaire is received(Block 304). The response is examined for unanswered questions (Block306). If a question is unanswered (Block 308), a calendar entry may becreated for a calendaring application (Block 310). The calendar entrycorresponding to an event and a rule, with the event describing theunanswered question and the rule comprising a reminder of the event(Block 312).

The flowchart continues with FIG. 12. An electronic message mayadditionally or alternatively be created for each unanswered question(Block 314). Each electronic message comprises information thatdescribes a corresponding unanswered question (Block 316). A destinationaddress is retrieved from the response (Block 318). The calendar entryis communicated to the calendaring application, and the calendar entrycreates a reminder of the unanswered question (Block 320). Theelectronic message is also communicated to the destination address(Block 322). An entry acknowledgement may be received from thecalendaring application (Block 324), with the entry acknowledgementacknowledging that the calendar entry was added to the calendaringapplication.

The flowchart continues with FIG. 13. The response is also examined foran attachment (Block 326). If the attachment is missing from theresponse (Block 328), then an attachment calendar entry may be createdfor the calendaring application (Block 330). The attachment calendarentry corresponds to a missing attachment in the response. Theattachment calendar entry has a corresponding attachment event and anattachment rule (Block 332). The attachment event describes the missingattachment and the attachment rule comprises a separate reminder of theattachment event. The attachment calendar entry is communicated to thecalendaring application to automatically remind the website client ofthe missing attachment (Block 334).

The website development application (shown as reference numeral 20 inFIGS. 1-10) may be physically embodied on or in a computer-readablemedium. This computer-readable medium may include CD-ROM, DVD, tape,cassette, floppy disk, memory card, and large-capacity disk (such asIOMEGA®, ZIP®, JAZZ®, and other large-capacity memory products (IOMEGA®,ZIP®, and JAZZ® are registered trademarks of Iomega Corporation, 1821 W.Iomega Way, Roy, Utah 84067, 801.332.1000, www.iomega.com). Thiscomputer-readable medium, or media, could be distributed toend-subscribers, licensees, and assignees. These types ofcomputer-readable media, and other types not mention here but consideredwithin the scope of the exemplary embodiments, allow the websitedevelopment application to be easily disseminated. A computer programproduct comprises the website development application stored on thecomputer-readable medium. The website development application comprisescomputer-readable instructions/code for storing a questionnaire inmemory. The questionnaire comprises questions for developing thewebsite. The questionnaire is communicated to a website client. Aresponse to the questionnaire is received and examined for unansweredquestions. For each unanswered question, a calendar entry for acalendaring application is created. The calendar entry corresponds to anevent and a rule, with the event describing the unanswered question andthe rule comprising a reminder of the event. The calendar entry iscommunicated to the calendaring application operating at the websiteclient, and the calendar entry produces a reminder of the unansweredquestion.

The website development application may be physically embodied on or inany addressable (e.g., HTTP, I.E.E.E. 802.11, Wireless ApplicationProtocol (WAP)) wireless device capable of presenting an IP address.Examples could include a computer, a wireless personal digital assistant(PDA), an Internet Protocol mobile phone, or a wireless pager.

While the exemplary embodiments have been described with respect tovarious features, aspects, and embodiments, those skilled and unskilledin the art will recognize the exemplary embodiments are not so limited.Other variations, modifications, and alternative embodiments may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the exemplaryembodiments.

1. A method of developing a website, comprising: sending a questionnairecomprising questions for developing the website; receiving a response tothe questionnaire; examining the response for an unanswered question;creating a calendar entry for the unanswered question comprising areminder to answer the question; and sending the calendar entry to acalendaring application.
 2. The method according to claim 1, furthercomprising receiving an acknowledgement of the reminder from thecalendaring application.
 3. The method according to claim 1, furthercomprising examining the response for an attachment.
 4. The methodaccording to claim 3, further comprising creating an attachment calendarentry when the attachment is missing from the response, the attachmentcalendar entry comprising a separate reminder to submit the missingattachment.
 5. The method according to claim 1, further comprisingsending an electronic message comprising information that describes theunanswered question.
 6. The method according to claim 1, furthercomprising receiving an acknowledgement from the calendaring applicationindicating the calendar entry was added to a calendar.
 7. The methodaccording to claim 1, further comprising flagging the unansweredquestion.
 8. A system, comprising: a processor executing code stored inmemory that causes the processor to: send a questionnaire comprisingquestions for developing the website; receive a response to thequestionnaire; examine the response for an unanswered question; create acalendar entry for the unanswered question comprising a reminder toanswer the question; and send the calendar entry to a calendaringapplication.
 9. The system according to claim 8, further comprising codethat causes the processor to receive an acknowledgement of the reminderfrom the calendaring application.
 10. The system according to claim 8,further comprising code that causes the processor to examine theresponse for an attachment.
 11. The system according to claim 10,further comprising code that causes the processor to create anattachment calendar entry when the attachment is missing from theresponse, the attachment calendar entry comprising a separate reminderto submit the missing attachment.
 12. The system according to claim 8,further comprising code that causes the processor to send an electronicmessage comprising information that describes the unanswered question.13. The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causesthe processor to receive an acknowledgement from the calendaringapplication indicating the calendar entry was added to a calendar. 14.The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causes theprocessor to flag the unanswered question.
 15. A computer programproduct comprising a computer readable storage medium storing processorexecutable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:sending a questionnaire comprising questions for developing the website;receiving a response to the questionnaire; examining the response for anunanswered question; creating a calendar entry for the unansweredquestion comprising a reminder to answer the question; and sending thecalendar entry to a calendaring application.
 16. The computer programproduct according to claim 15, further comprising code for receiving anacknowledgement of the reminder from the calendaring application. 17.The computer program product according to claim 15, further comprisingcode for examining the response for an attachment.
 18. The computerprogram product according to claim 17, further comprising code forcreating an attachment calendar entry when the attachment is missingfrom the response, the attachment calendar entry comprising a separatereminder to submit the missing attachment.
 19. The computer programproduct according to claim 15, further comprising code for sending anelectronic message comprising information that describes the unansweredquestion.
 20. The computer program product according to claim 15,further comprising code for receiving an acknowledgement from thecalendaring application indicating the calendar entry was added to acalendar.